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Community Involvement Central in Global Fund New Funding
Model

29 January 2013

Amsterdam - As the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) rapidly transitions to its New Funding
Model (NFM), the Communities Living with HIV, TB and affected by Malaria
Delegation (Communities Delegation) supported by the Global Network of People
Living with HIV (GNP+) convened a consultation on 25th and 26th January 2013 in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Key representatives from national, regional and
international networks of communities living with and/or affected by the three
diseases discussed key concerns, identified opportunities, and reaffirmed the
critical role that communities continue to play in Global Fund processes to
ensure that investment focuses on the right interventions for the
populations.

Representatives at the consultation identified a number of
areas the Global Fund must prioritise as the transition to the NFM progresses.
Five aspects of the transition phase and the roll out of the NFM are critical to
communities: Communities' role in Monitoring, Watchdog and Validation; Community
Dialogue Platforms; Roles and Responsibilities in the NFM; implementation and
integration of Community Systems Strengthening (CSS), Human Rights, Gender
Equality, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI); and Communication.

"The new Funding Model presents a host of new entry points for communities
affected by the three diseases to engage and meaningfully participate - both at
the national level and globally," says Anna Zackowicz, co-chair of GNP+. "The
capacity and expertise of our constituencies must be an integral component of
making the New Funding Model work and scaling up the successes we have seen in
HIV, TB and Malaria."

"Communities living with and affected by the three
diseases have been at the forefront of defining effective responses nationally,
regionally, and internationally," says Shaun Mellors, Board Member of the
Communities Delegation. "The crucial role of ensuring that the NFM responds to
the needs of those most affected needs to be fulfilled by communities that are
supported with the appropriate financial and technical support."

"You are
essential to what we do," says Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global
Fund. "We need your active role in creating, building and sustaining the
movement that we need to defeat AIDS, TB and malaria. This year, we need you to
help us monitor and implement the NFM, which will better support health and
community workers who treat and prevent the three diseases. It will also better
advocate human rights in the response to the three diseases. Partnerships are
what make the Global Fund effective. In that sense, we are all the Global
Fund."

Conclusions from the Communities Consultation will feed into and
inform further Global Fund discussions on the New Funding Model, such as the
Partner Consultations, taking place on 30 - 31 January 2013, and the forthcoming
"New Funding Model and Country Support" workshop organised by the Global
Fund.

The role of the Communities living with HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and
affected by malaria Delegation (Communities Delegation) is to advocate,
influence and shape the decisions on the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tb and Malaria (Global Fund). This is so that communities living with HIV, TB
and malaria can gain equitable access to quality services and support needed to
prevent, treat and/or live with these infections within a conducive environment
that respects human rights. www.globalfundcommunitiesdelegation.org.

The
Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) is the global network
for and by people living with HIV. GNP+ advocates to improve the quality of life
of people living with HIV. Driven by the needs of people living with HIV
worldwide, GNP+ supports people living with HIV through their organisations and
networks. GNP+ works to ensure equitable access to health and social services,
by focusing on social justice, rights and more meaningful involvement of people
living with HIV in programme and policy development - the GIPA principle. www.gnpplus.net.

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